Early 1970's tour of New Orleans area

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[@Pete-lp5pw]

I’m 72 years old and I was raised in the Uptown Housing Projects on St. Thomas and we eventually moved to Gentilly off of Franklin Avenue and Robert E. Lee Blvd. I joined the Marine Corps in 1970 and I served for 30 years. I didn’t have a lot of chances to get back home. I am watching this video and others about the city and I am homesick. I was heartbroken when I saw what Katrina did. My health doesn’t allow for me to travel but I still crave hearing the music, and wanting to eat the food that you can only get in New Orleans. A fried oyster po’boy would down real good with an ice cold Barq’s root beer. Thanks for bringing back the memories.

[@kiddt1999]

Wow, where do you live now? You know i can bring you something if it is just a few hours away. The least we can do. How about some cafe du monde too?? 😋

[@Pete-lp5pw]

@@kiddt1999 I’m in San Diego. I make do out here because I can cook red beans and rice, gumbo, jambalaya, . The only crab I get is Dungeness crab and I can buy Zatarain’s Seafood Boil and I am happy. I also can buy Cafe Dumonde coffee and chicory so as an old Marine, I have found ways to get what I need. Thanks anyway.👍🙏

[@kiddt1999]

@@Pete-lp5pw that is awesome! Yes the food is amazing here but you can do anything with whatever you get. Red beans and rice you cant beat, especially with Tabasco. God bless bud and thank you for your service.

[@jamesleyda365]

1970's were a awesome time. So sad how long it been, all that has been lost that was wonderful

[@susanclark6987]

Really nice video... Good music- thank you so much

[@soapboxingpodcast]

Last quarter of video aint the city

[@adamcohen2632]

North Arkansas

[@adamcohen2632]

A lof this is definitely not New Orleans and not even Louisiana. It's more than 650 miles away North Arkansas not far from the Missouri border. You can tell from the AR-12 sign @ 21:06.

[@lclee2708]

Crawfish was like 50 cents a pound, now we have folks who aren’t even natives of our city taxing the locals for something we have been doing for centuries. I still buy them live and boil myself, I refuse to support these people.

[@truthtellerbelievethat1813]

11:40 that's not New Orleans that's Memphis Tennessee

[@yossarian6799]

Nothing after the Algiers ferry clip is New Orleans. After that, it's all Tennessee and Arkansas

[@UnknownAGENT007]

10:05 where are they after this?

[@harrygoodhorn2825]

Man ! This is hard to watch with the shakey camera work and the broken projector. I do like the music !

[@shaylawatson1244]

Crazy how diffrent everything looks compare to now

[@jamesr1703]

Yeah, looked way better back then. In 2024, everything's rundown.

[@adamcohen2632]

Because its North Arkansas, 650 miles or more from New Orleans.

[@bobbybrannon3438]

New Orleans, Memphis, Little Rock, Silom Springs, AR and Dallas, TX also featured

[@adamcohen2632]

Bingo

[@alexcandler8648]

Gentry and Rogers, AR as well

[@paulakelly4498]

Some people that grew up in Metairie or Kenner or Slidell etc say they are from New Orleans . I’m from New Orleans . Lived on Toledano and Annunciation most of my life ..

[@jackbattaglia6511]

Great film!

[@sirquacksly]

Back when New Orleans was a major city…

[@PvtPepperjack]

Hi, I love the video! I'm surprised at how much the French Quarter still looks like this. What is the music playing in the background?

[@walterlang151]

Hurts So Good Blues Unicorn Heads Jazz e Blues | Romantico KZbin Audio Library

[@Rocket_scientist_88]

Agent 3 - James River; Sir Cubworth Spying in the 1960s

[@sammythompson3694]

The part showing Canal St movie theaters is around 67 or 68, because the Tudor and Globe theaters were torn down to make a parking lot run by Alright Auto Park was based in Houston now owned by Korea. Sorry don't know which one north or south.

[@robertsessoms]

They do a good job of keeping the creole culture going ..was just there..Bourbon,Royal,Canal st.

[@tennoklark]

15:45 is Little Rock Arkansas

[@DylanMcMullen]

well you can definitely tell the streets were in way better condition back then...

[@Willie-dq8ur]

Michael Glasser’s biological son Willie Michael Chester Junior 🎉❤

[@elysiaduke]

Latter part was filmed in Memphis, Tennessee.

[@elysiaduke]

After that, in Arkansas.

[@christianwolf68]

and it still looks the same. no progress at all. so tell me what makes this place so much better. Louisiana keeps falling further and further behind the rest of the nation every year, and yet people in this state still elect the same type of people to lead it. the only thing about Louisiana is this, people that are too stuck to move or too poor to leave

[@kimberlyholland-j7q]

looking for my brother billy micheal newton

[@paulsweet7441]

L👀ks pretty much the same

[@teemarie_0096]

Them people split that pole in the beginning

[@jamallafrance2345]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🙌🏾

[@bubbadon7540]

Where are all the gays?

[@rapman5363]

All at The Upstairs Nightclub 💨 🔥

[@paulakelly4498]

Everywhere !